CRIME
Hope Uzodinma Was Never Attacked In Ohaji Egbema — Report
Report has emerged that contrary to news making rounds, the Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma was never attacked in Ohaji Egbema on Sunday. The Governor was said to have received a distress call as the Chief Security officer of the state that Vehicle owned by an Oil company operating at Mmahu Community in Ohaji Egbema LGA of the state killed...
Three Killed, Houses Burnt as Amotekun, Herdsmen clash in Oyo
No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead while two others were injured in a clash involving men of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps and suspected herdsmen in Ayete community, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. Unconfirmed sources said about seven houses were also razed in the clash whose cause could not be ascertained yet, The Nation reports. Although...
Two To Die By Hanging For Raping, Killing University Of Ilorin Student
Two persons, AbdulAzeez Ismail and Ajala Moses Oluwatimileyin aka Jacklord, were yesterday, sentenced to death by hanging for culpable homicide by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital. The convicts were arraigned with six others in June last year before the court for the alleged rape and murder of a student of the University of Ilorin,...
Boko Haram Kill 6 Soldiers In Borno Ambush
Six Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in the restive northeast on Sunday, military sources told AFP. The terrorists opened fire on an army convoy near the village of Mayanti, near the border with Cameroon, in an area plagued by attacks by insurgents. “We have lost six soldiers in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists,” one...
SHOCKER!! Pastor invited for “family deliverance” dies in sleep at the family’s house
A Pastor who was invited for a family deliverance reportedly died in his sleep at the family’s house. The pastor identified as Richard Ifeanyi Obi, was today found dead in the room he slept at No. 5 Onuorah Street Amaenyi, Awka, Anambra State, the house of the family he went to do deliverance for. Pastor Richard Ifeanyi Obi is the G.O...
Lagos Police Arrest Four Suspects In N500m Visa Scam
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended four individuals allegedly involved in a visa scam worth N500 million. In a statement released on Wednesday, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, revealed that the suspects were arrested by officers from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). The case was initially reported at the Ago Okota Police Division before being transferred...
UNIPORT Student Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Murder Of 8-Year-Old Girl
A high court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a second-year student of Physics department at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Ifeanyi Dike, and one Ugochukwu Nwamiro, to death by hanging for the murder of an 8-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba. The duo were sentenced to death without an option of fine. One is to be hung by...
How Decomposing Body Of Ebonyi Poly Deputy Registrar Was Found In Imo Community
There was tension in Ezeala in the Umuezeala autonomous community of Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State on Tuesday following the discovery of the decomposing corpse of the Deputy Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, in Ebonyi state, Innocent Obi. Obi, a native of the area, was said to have been kidnapped from his house in the village...
Ex-Kogi Gov Bello Remanded In Kuje Prison As Court Fixes Feb 25 For trial
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama on Tuesday remanded the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to Kuje prison. Justice Maryann Anenih issued the remand order after she adjourned the defendant’s trial till February 25, 2025. The development came on a day the court dismissed an application the former governor filed to be released on...
Two Police Constabularies Dismissed For Soliciting For Money From Tourist
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed two police constabularies who were caught on video demanding money from a Dutch tourist in the Ojongbodu axis of the Iseyin-Ogbomoso Road in Oyo State. The constabularies, Jimoh Lukmon and Kareem Fatai, were a caught on a viral video dated October 29, 2023 soliciting money from a tourist from Netherland, one Ms Noraly Schoenmaker. At...
